Undertaken in the wake of the 2009 financial crisis, Jacqueline Hassink's The Table of Power 2 portrays desks and tables in the headquarters of 50 companies listed by Fortune magazine as the global market's most powerful players. This limited edition artist's book comes bound in three different kinds of wood: walnut, cherry and red gum. Each is signed and numbered in an edition of 120 copies.
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Undertaken in the wake of the 2009 financial crisis, Jacqueline Hassink's The Table of Power 2 portrays desks and tables in the headquarters of 50 companies listed by Fortune magazine as the global market's most powerful players. This limited edition artist's book comes bound in three different kinds of wood: walnut, cherry and red gum. Each is signed and numbered in an edition of 120 copies.
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(HASSINK, JACQUELINE). Hassink, Jacqueline, Henri Peretz & Raoul Bunschoten. JACQUELINE HASSINK: THE TABLE OF POWER. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Menno van de Koppel, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Gilt-Stamped Cloth. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket-As Issued. np, 22 b&w and 21 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Melle Hammer, Plus X. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The Table of Power" is Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink's gem-like 1996 artist's book cum interior design typology that like much of her work explores the balance of power conferred in private, public and social settings. It details the meeting rooms of the boards of directors of forty European companies such as British Petroleum, Ciba-Geigy, and Daimler Benz-twenty-one of which she was able to photograph-revealing the rarely-if-ever seen enclaves where corporate decisions that affect the social sphere are made in secret. A brand new, pristine example of the exceedingly uncommon first edition (cited on pages 278-279 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED (0775/1000) by rubber stamp on the front cover's gilt panel, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value-we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 90-73926-14-7 Inventory Number: 024518.
